Farm Bill Section 12101 

National Animal Health Laboratory 

Network (NAHLN) 

Funded Projects

FY2020 - FY2023

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NAHLN Lab Project Title Funding Amt 

University of Minnesota Veterinary 

Diagnostic Laboratory

Validation of alternative samples for the diagnosis and 

surveillance of African swine fever $47,188.00

Colorado State University Veterinary 

Diagnostic Laboratories

Novel Approach to Diagnose and Genetically Characterize High 

Consequence Pathogens Affecting Animal Health $93,404.00

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical 

Diagnostic Laboratory

Development and validation of a universal real-time RT-PCR assay 

to distinguish between virulent APMV-1 and APMV-1 of lowvirulence and development of primers-probes bank for rapid 

distribution to field laboratories in response to a virulent APMV-1 

outbreak in the United States

$152,925.00

Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic 

Laboratory (OADDL)

Development of an Interactive Spatial Agrometrics Tool for the 

Calculation of Livestock (Cattle, Swine and Poultry) Populations in 

the United States at the County and Parish Level

$160,424.00

University of Nebraska- Veterinary 

Diagnostic Center

Sequence-based real-time identification of NAHLN scope viral 

diseases and emerging viral diseases using long read approaches $230,153.00

Kord Animal Health Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Scalable Field PCR Platform for Senecavirus A and Foot and 

Mouth Disease $250,000.00

Athens Veterinary Diagnostic 

Laboratory, College of Veterinary 

Medicine, The University of Georgia

United front to develop harmonized NGS training and procedures 

to increase the capabilities and capacity of NAHLN laboratories in 

response to antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

$412,580.00

Washington Animal Disease 

Diagnostic Laboratory

Laboratory Detection Preparedness of Emerging Diseases in 

Aquatic Species $400,000.00

Animal Health Diagnostic Center 

(Cornell)

Enhancing the National Animal Health Laboratory Network 

(NAHLN) Diagnostic Capability and Emerging Disease 

preparedness through Next-Generation Sequencing

$900,000.00

North Dakota State University 

Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Enhancing laboratory preparedness for NAHLN scope diseases. $100,310.00

University of Missouri Veterinary 

Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

Enhancing Testing Capacity in Biosafety Level-3 Laboratory for 

Improved Detection of and Response to Foreign Animal Diseases $104,108.00

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical 

Diagnostic Laboratory Preparedness for Throughput Scaling $33,248.00

Arkansas Livestock and Poultry 

Commission Veterinary Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Interconnected Electronic Reporting and Transmission of Data $71,500.00

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical 

Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL)

Enhancing Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance via Veterinary 

Diagnostic labs through XML results messaging $104,060.00

Clemson Veterinary Diagnostic 

Center Implement NAHLN Order Message Receiver in USALIMS $105,021.00

Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic 

Laboratory (OADDL)

Deep Learning Computational Algorithms for Disease Diagnosis by 

Genome Sequence $158,136.00

Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Strengthening and enhancement of Kansas State Veterinary 

Diagnostic Laboratory (KSVDL) capacity for FAD Emergency 

preparedness and response

$188,597.00

FY2020 NAHLN Projects

Enhance electronic messaging capabilities

Enhance biosafety/biosecurity

Increase Testing Capacity

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Athens Veterinary Diagnostic 

Laboratory, College of Veterinary 

Medicine, The University of Georgia

Enhancing the National Animal Health Laboratory Network 

(NAHLN) Diagnostic Capability through electronic reporting and 

transmission of data

$412,122.00

Rollins Animal Disease Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Enhancing Testing Capacity and Diagnostic Capabilities Using High 

Throughput Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay $66,021.00

Wyoming State Veterinary 

Laboratory

One Health Wyoming: Enhancing Interlaboratory Coordination for 

Emerging Diseases $55,321.00

USGS National Wilidlife Health 

Center

Capacity building in Wisconsin--Enabling compliance at the 

National Wildlife Health Center and surge support for the 

Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

$100,946.00

University of Pennsylvania PADLS 

New Bolton Center

Enhanced surveillance and outbreak surge capacity testing for 

high-consequence, NAHLN-scope animal diseases $144,056.00

USGS National Wilidlife Health 

Center

Building capacity to rapidly detect agents of emerging infectious 

disease $167,292.00

Cornell Animal Health Diagnostic 

Center/New York State Veterinary 

Diagnostic Laboratory 

(AHDC/NYSVDL)

Cornell AHDC/NYSVDL Emergency Preparedness Capacity $195,093.00

Colorado State University Veterinary 

Diagnostic Laboratories

Enhancement of Chronic Wasting Disease and Scrapie Diagnostic 

Testing Capabilities $197,200.00

Bronson Animal Disease Diagnostic 

Laboratory Enhancement of Chronic Wasting Disease Capacity $150,000.00

TOTAL FUNDED $4,999,705.00

NAHLN Lab Project Title Funding Amt 

Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Development and validation of Point of Care (POC) assays for ASF 

and CSF for rapid outbreak response $ 499,871.00

University of Minnesota Veterinary 

Diagnostic Laboratory

Agent Of Disease Point-Of-Care Genomics (AOD-POCgen): A 

Simplified Purpose-Built Platform And Improved Diagnostic Tool 

For Testing of Foreign Animal Diseases

$ 425,924.00

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical 

Diagnostic Laboratory

Development of rapid and reliable next-generation sequencing 

and bioinformatics procedures for identification, pathotype 

prediction, and subtyping of influenza A viruses and optimization 

for use with clinical samples

$ 313,546.00

Kord Animal Health Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Completion of Scalable Field PCR Platform for Senecavirus A and 

Foot and Mouth Disease $ 250,000.00

Bronson Animal Disease Diagnostic 

Laboratory (BADDL)

Validation of Real-Time PCR (qPCR) assays for the OIE listed 

reportable and emerging crustacean disease pathogens $ 229,527.00

Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory 

(VDL), University of Illinois

Novel loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) systems as 

on-site diagnostic tools for classical swine fever and African swine 

fever viruses

$ 215,777.00

University of Georgia Tifton 

Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Enhancing Swine Diagnostics for the detection and differentiation

of ASF and CSF from other economically significant septicemic 

diseases: Development of novel multiplex high throughput 

Taqman qPCR panels and point-of-care isothermal diagnostic 

platforms

$ 176,861.00

University of Minnesota Veterinary 

Diagnostic Laboratory

Animal virome panel for optimization and validation of next 

generation sequencing for endemic, emerging and foreign animal 

disease viruses

$ 141,568.00

FY2021 NAHLN Projects

Test method development and validation

Increase emergency preparedness

NAHLN Lab Project Title Funding Amt 

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Mississippi Veterinary Research and 

Diagnostic Laboratory

Development and validation of real-time quaking-induced (RTQuIC) as confirmatory testing for chronic wasting disease CWD $ 141,433.00

Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Point-of-care detection of ASFV, CSFV and FMDV using a single 

device for sample tracking, extraction, detection and remote data 

analysis and reporting

$ 128,900.00

University of Missouri Veterinary 

Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

Validation of ASR1 Peptoids-ELISA for the Detection of Chronic 

Wasting Disease Prion in Samples with Low Prion Burden $ 116,323.00

Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Validation of KingFisher Duo Prime for low-throughput nucleic 

acid extraction platform to enhance capacity for rapid NAHLN 

scope disease testing

$ 72,366.00

Pennsylvania Veterinary Laboratory Validation of a high-throughput method for the detection of 

African Swine Fever virus $ 55,000.00

Ohio Animal Disease Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Enhancing BSL-3 capabilities of Ohio Animal Disease Diagnostic 

Laboratory $ 234,065.00

University of Minnesota Veterinary 

Diagnostic Laboratory Increasing NAHLN ASF response capacity in Minnesota $ 228,374.00

Thompson Bishop Sparks State 

Diagnostic Laboratory

Enhance capacity for faster identification of bacterial foreign 

animal diseases at the Thompson Bishop Sparks State Diagnostic 

Laboratory

$ 227,025.00

VA Tech Animal Laboratory Services Enhancing Chronic Wasting Disease Testing Capability $ 203,198.00

Arizona Veterinary Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Arizona Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory NAHLN Enhancement 

(Priority 2) 2020 Cooperative Agreement Project Proposal, Farm 

Bill Section 12101

$ 183,992.00

University of Minnesota Veterinary 

Diagnostic Laboratory

Enhancing diagnostic and surveillance capabilities for early 

detection of emerging and foreigh animal diseases using high 

throughput sequencing

$ 168,000.00

University of Minnesota Veterinary 

Diagnostic Laboratory

VirSlayer -a quick and easy to use bioinformatics pipeline for 

detection of endemic, emerging and foreign animal disease 

viruses

$ 100,507.00

Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Sample Processing Efficiency, Accuracy and Integration with 

CoreOne LIMs $ 89,610.00

Thompson Bishop Sparks State 

Diagnostic Laboratory

Enhancing Emergency Preparedness at Three NAHLN Laboratories 

through professional BSL-3 Training $ 72,582.00

Moorefield Animal Health Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Moorefield Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory- Enhancement of 

NAHLN Emergency Preparedness $ 63,432.00

Clemson Veterinary Diagnostic 

Center

To increase real-time PCR testing capacity of foreign animal 

diseases at the Clemson Veterinary Diagnostic Center $ 53,188.00

South Dakota State University

Providing Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) 

efficiencies for Foreign Animal Disease (FAD) outbreaks within 

multiple USDA National Animal Health Laboratory Network 

(NAHLN) Laboratories 

$ 241,550.00

Thompson Bishop Sparks State 

Diagnostic Laboratory

An automated antibiotic sensitivity testing system for electronic 

data management and sharing the data with NAHLN $ 198,900.00

VA Tech Animal Laboratory Services Enhancing Electronic Reporting and Data Transmission $ 110,472.00

Rollins Animal Disease Diagnostic 

Laboratory NAHLN Messaging Audit Check $ 50,000.00

Indiana Animal Disease Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Establishing messaging through newly acquired Orchard Sequoia 

LIMS $ 10,450.00

Electronic Data Management

Exercises and Drills

Emergency Preparedness

NAHLN Lab Project Title Funding Amt 

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Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (KSVDL) African 

Swine Fever Outbreak Collaborative Exercises Project $ 76,115.00

TOTAL FUNDED $ 5,078,556.00

NAHLN Lab Project Title Funding Amt 

Iowa State University- Veterinary 

Diagnostic Laboratory 

SmartChip Real-Time PCR System significantly enhances the 

diagnostic laboratory preparedness for rapid detection of highconsequence foreign animal diseases (FADs).

$369,000.00

Washington Animal Disease 

Diagnostic Laboratory

Enhancing Rapid Detection of Emerging Aquatic Diseases for 

Deployability $350,000.00

Iowa State University- Veterinary 

Diagnostic Laboratory 

Rapid identification and characterization of avian foreign animal 

diseases in a single-assay using Nanopore Sequencing $323,951.00

Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Increased capacity for disease testing with digital microscopy and 

whole slide imaging for NAHLN $299,000.00

University of Georgia Tifton 

Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Enhancing avian diagnostics testing capacity for the detection and 

differentiation of avian influenza virus (AIV) and Newcastle 

disease virus (NDV) from other economically significant viral 

respiratory disease agents by multiplex real-time reverse 

transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) assays.

$224,126.32

Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Increasing Regional Testing Capacity and Rapid Pathogen 

Characterization Capabilities at the Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic 

Laboratory

$183,965.98

Bronson Animal Disease Diagnostic 

Laboratory 

Validation of Real-time Reverse Transcription PCR (RT-qPCR) 

Assay for the Detection of Spring Viremia of Carp Virus (SVCV) $141,327.00

Iowa State University Veterinary 

Diagnostic Laboratory

ASF PCR Negative Cohort Study – Partnering to expand testing 

capacities, support further evaluation and validation of two 

commercially available ASF PCR assays, and enhance 

preparedness across the NAHLN. 

$140,128.00

Mississippi Veterinary Research and 

Diagnostic Laboratory Enhancement of chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing capacity. $101,548.22

Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic 

Center

Validation of Automated High Throughput Testing for Diseases of 

High Consequence $97,071.00

Connecticut Veterinary Medical 

Diagnostic Laboratory

Improving CVMDL emergency preparedness and response: 

developing next-generation sequencing capabilities. $69,772.00

Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic 

Laboratory Increase Capacity For Testing for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) $381,451.00

Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Increasing capacity to handle surge samples through online 

submissions and elimination of the manual sample data entry 

step in the laboratory

$360,077.96

Michigan State University Veterinary 

Diagnostic Laboratory

Web-based Sample Submission for Foreign Animal Disease 

Investigations $203,480.70

Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Enhancing Expedited Bulk Sample Submission and Message 

Processing at the Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory $158,840.00

Washington Animal Disease 

Diagnostic Laboratory Notification of Priority and Emergency Disease Test Results $128,260.00

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical 

Diagnostic Laboratory 

Data Exchange Between NAHLN Laboratories and Offices of State 

Animal Health Officials $117,777.00

University of Minnesota VDL Enhancing surge capacity with a streamlined online sample 

submission web application $99,647.00

FY2022 NAHLN Projects

Increasing capacity for disease testing

Increasing capacity to handle surge samples

NAHLN Lab Project Title Funding Amt 

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Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Enhancing OVDL emergency preparedness for regulatory testing 

through exercise and inter-agency coordination $332,348.69

University of Minnesota Veterinary 

Diagnostic Laboratory

Increasing ASF preparedness by improving diagnostic submissions 

to the NAHLN laboratory in Minnesota $177,478.21

Bronson Animal Disease Diagnostic 

Laboratory 

Enhancement of Laboratory Testing Capacity, Biosafety & 

Biosecurity Practices, and Communications Through Emergency 

Preparedness Exercises to Prepare for Outbreaks of African Swine 

Fever and Foot and Mouth Disease.

$146,876.00

TOTAL FUNDED $4,406,126.08

University of Minnesota, College of 

Veterinary Medicine

Improving national capacity for early detection of foreign animal

disease incursions: critical evaluation of field accuracy, standard

of procedures, risks, challenges, and opportunities for the

implementation of point of care platforms for NAHLN target

diseases.

$999,346.00

Connecticut Veterinary Medical 

Diagnostic Laboratory, Department 

of Pathobiology and Veterinary 

Science, College of Agriculture, 

Health and Natural Resources, 

University of Connecticut.

The use of field-deployable diagnostic tests for detecting African 

Swine Fever Virus infections in pigs $590,129.00

The Institute for Infectious Animal 

Diseases, Texas A&M AgriLife 

Research

Development of a National of Point-of-Care (POC) Diagnostic 

Testing Framework and Assessment of Economic Impacts for 

Importation of Current Foreign POC Testing Methodologies for 

Foreign Animal Disease Outbreaks

$500,000.00

Athens Veterinary Diagnostic 

Laboratory, and Tifton Veterinary 

Diagnostic & Investigational 

Laboratory, University of Georgia

Development of a novel multiplex point-of-care testing for the 

simultaneous detection of avian influenza virus and avian 

paramyxovirus type 1

$217,971.71

Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Development of a molecular point-of-care diagnostic test and a 

mapping platform for Foot and mouth disease (FMD) detection 

and tracking

$473,289.00

University of Minnesota Veterinary 

Diagnostic Laboratory

FMDsure: A simple and easy to use molecular diagnostic assay for 

rapid detection of Footand-Mouth disease virus in ruminants $554,767.90

Purdue University Point-of-care detection of African swine fever virus: a paperbased device for molecular diagnostics $1,000,000.00

TOTAL FUNDED $4,335,503.61

NAHLN Lab Project Title Funding Amt 

North Dakota State University 

Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Increasing preparedness for an African Swine Fever outbreak by 

stockpiling primers and probe for NAHLN laboratories $194,097.00

Virginia Department of Agriculture 

and Consumer Services, 

Harrisonburg Regional Animal Health 

Lab

Expanding Support to the NAHLN by Enhancing Sustainability of 

Testing Capacity $167,400.00

FY2023 NAHLN Projects

Enhancing laboratory emergency preparedness

Local stockpile and capacity support

FY2022 Joint NAHLN/NADPRP Projects

IT Standardization

NAHLN Lab Project Title Funding Amt 

NAHLN Lab Project Title Funding Amt 

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Charles C. Allen Biotechnology 

Laboratory, University of Delaware

Enhancing efficiency of field sample submissions to high 

throughput laboratories $222,343.31

C. E. Kord Animal Health Diagnostic

Laboratory (KAHDL)

Improving the efficiency of FAD sample submissions through LIMS 

enhancements $88,086.25

College of Veterinary Medicine - 

Iowa State University

Development and Validation of Oxford Nanopore Technologies 

(ONT) Sequencing as a Molecular Point-of-Care Diagnostic (POCD) 

Assay

$404,919.00

South Dakota State University, 

Animal Disease Research and 

Diagnostic Laboratory

Enhancing the capacity of Animal Disease Research and 

Diagnostic Laboratory for early detection of emerging and foreign 

animal diseases using high throughput sequencing

$235,000.00

University of Georgia - Tifton 

Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Incorporation of a semi-automated PCR workflow to improve 

surge testing capacity and capability for small-midsized NAHLN 

laboratories

$216,106.00

Colorado State University Veterinary 

Diagnostic Laboratories

Enhancement of High-Capacity Testing for Transmissible 

Spongiform Encephalopathies $160,748.75

Ohio Animal Disease Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Improve capability to handle surge samples through purchasing 

high-capacity diagnostic testing equipment $110,663.65

Virginia Department of Agriculture 

and Consumer Services, 

Harrisonburg Regional Animal Health 

Lab

Expanding Support to the NAHLN by Improving Capability to 

Handle Surge Samples $80,000.00

C. E. Kord Animal Health Diagnostic

Laboratory (KAHDL)

Diversifying Tennessee’s Diagnostic PCR Platforms and Increasing 

Surge Capacity $62,295.80

Virginia Tech Animal Laboratory 

Services

Broadening expertise in nanopore-based sequencing for pathogen 

detection and development of bioinformatics support community $200,451.90

University of Pennsylvania PADLS 

New Bolton Center

Regional Veterinary Workforce Development to Enhance Early 

Recognition of Newly-Detected, Re-Emerging, and Foreign Animal 

Diseases

$102,680.71

Ohio Animal Disease Diagnostic 

Laboratory

Increasing the diagnostic laboratory technical expertise of the 

Ohio ADDL $46,199.85

TOTAL FUNDED $2,290,992.22

High-capacity diagnostic equipment

Technical personnel

NAHLN Lab Project Title Funding Amt 

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